Crunch time for coach Dharmaraj


Time to deliver. National hockey coach K. Dharmaraj with his players during their first training session in January, will take charge of his first major tournament of the year in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh starting on Thursday. - Filepic

IPOH: K. Dharmaraj may have proven his capabilities as the national juniors coach by guiding Malaysia to a creditable fourth place in the Junior World Cup in New Delhi last December, but can he deliver with the senior squad?

The focus will be on the Malaccan in his first assignment as the national chief coach in the six-nation Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, which begins in Ipoh on Thursday.

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